社评 1002 走进主流政治之一大步

走进主流政治之一大步

我们非常兴奋和荣幸，上週六上午有六位休斯敦市要竞选下任市长的候选人走进了美南新闻总部大楼， 参加了由德州多元族裔联盟和美南新闻合办的政见辩论和发表会， 近百位各族裔社区领袖及媒体人士参加。 

这项政见辩论会代表了非常重大之意义 ，也是如此众多之市长候选人集聚在美南电视环球剧场， 和近百位华亚裔及主流精英面对面讨论休斯敦市政之未来。

近一年来， 居住在德州之华裔面诸多挑战， 其中包括议会所提出之第147案将全面禁止华人购买房地產及恶化之治安， 我们在和非裔、拉丁裔华、亚裔协商之下，过去一年来每週六上午都在美南新闻集会， 广邀各界代表终於决定成立多族裔文化大联盟， 共同面对未来之各项困难挑战。

今天我们已经向这些将来会出任市长之候选人传达非常明确之建议，其中最重要的是整治治安， 反对歧视及加强本市基础建设等。

疫情带来严重影响， 我们呼吁大家要团结一致，支持参与各项政治活动， 尤其是未来之市长主宰市政和我们关系非常密切。 

今天他们已经走进我们的社区 ，代表了对华亚裔之重视， 更是我们参政重要的一步。

A Big Step Into Mainstream Politics

We are very excited and honored that six Mayoral candidates entered our STV studio and participated in the Houston Mayoral Forum. Close to one hundred community leaders and news media representatives participated. This important event was sponsored by the Texas Multicultural Advocacy Alliance and Southern News Group. 

This political forum and debate represented a very important significance to our community and many of the Mayoral candidates gathered at our STV studio to discuss the future of our city. 

In recent years there have been many challenges  for the Chinese Asian community including Bill 147 to prohibit Chinese citizens from buying real estate in Texas. Another critical matter is the worsening of the public safety issue. With the help of the African and Latino community leaders, we finally decided to form the Texas Multicultural Advocacy Alliance group to face the difficulties and challenges we all face now and into the future. 

During the Mayoral Forum, we conveyed a very clear message to the candidates that one of them will be the Mayor of our city who will face already existing issues. And the most important of these issues include the immediate need rectify the ongoing public safety issue, oppose discrimination and strengthen the city’s infrastructure.

The epidemic has had a serious impact our community. We here and the whole country are facing big problems. We urge everyone to regularly participate in local and national politics to help us and help our nation as well.